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Direxion Indexed Commodity Strategy Fund
Direxion Indexed Commodity Strategy Fund
Investment Objective

The Direxion Indexed Commodity Strategy Fund (the “Fund”) seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that track the performance of the Auspice Broad Commodity Index (the “Index”).

Fees and Expenses of the Fund

The tables that follow describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts for Class A shares if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in Class A shares of the Fund.  More information on these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the sections titled “Class A and Class C Shares” beginning on page 27 of the Fund’s prospectus and “Class A Shares” beginning on page 46 of the Fund’s statement of additional information.

SHAREHOLDER FEES (fees paid directly from your investment)
Shareholder Fees Direxion Indexed Commodity Strategy Fund
Class A
Class C
Institutional Class
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) 5.50%rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice none none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as percentage of original purchase price or redemption proceeds, whichever is less) 1.00%rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOther [1] 1.00%rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOther none
Redemption Fee (as a percentage of amount redeemed on shares redeemed within 30 days of date of purchase, if applicable) 1.00%rr_RedemptionFeeOverRedemption none 1.00%rr_RedemptionFeeOverRedemption
[1] If you purchased $1 million or more of Class A shares of the Fund that were not otherwise eligible for a sales charge waiver and sell your Class A shares within 24 months of purchase, you may pay a 1.00% contingent deferred sales charge at the time of sale.
ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Annual Fund Operating Expenses Direxion Indexed Commodity Strategy Fund
Class A
Class C
Institutional Class
Management Fees of the Fund and the Subsidiary 0.85%rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.85%rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.85%rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets
Distribution and/or Service (12b-1) Fees 0.25%rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets 1.00%rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets none
Other Expenses of the Fund (Operating Services Fee) [1] 0.16%rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.16%rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.16%rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 1.26%rr_ExpensesOverAssets 2.01%rr_ExpensesOverAssets 1.01%rr_ExpensesOverAssets
[1] Rafferty Asset Management, LLC ("Rafferty" or "Adviser") has entered into an Operating Services Agreement with the Fund. Under this Operating Service Agreement, Rafferty has contractually agreed to pay all expenses of the Fund through September 1, 2016 other than the following: management fees, distribution and/or service fees, acquired fund fees and expenses, taxes, leverage interest, dividends or interest on short positions, other interest expenses, brokerage commissions, expenses incurred in connection with any merger or reorganization and extraordinary expenses such as litigation or other expenses outside the typical day-to-day operations of the Fund. This Operating Services Agreement may be terminated at any time by the Board of Trustees.
Example.

The example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example Direxion Indexed Commodity Strategy Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Class A
766 928 1,204 1,989
Class C
304 630 1,083 2,338
Institutional Class
103 322 558 1,236
Expense Example No Redemption Direxion Indexed Commodity Strategy Fund (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Class A
671 928 1,204 1,989
Class C
204 630 1,083 2,338

The example does not reflect sales charges (loads) on reinvested dividends and other distributions. If these sales charges (loads) were included, your costs would be higher.

Portfolio Turnover.

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes to shareholders who hold Fund shares in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 0% of the average value of its portfolio. However, this portfolio turnover is calculated without regard to cash instruments or derivatives. If such instruments were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate would be significantly higher.

Principal Investment Strategy

The Fund is managed to track the performance of the Index, which seeks to reflect trends in the commodity futures markets. The Fund will invest up to 25% of its total assets in a wholly owned and controlled subsidiary (the “Subsidiary”). The Subsidiary is subject to the same investment restrictions and limitations, and follows the same compliance policies and procedures, as the Fund. The Fund, directly and/or indirectly through the Subsidiary, primarily invests in a combination of commodity futures, commodity-linked notes and swap contracts (collectively, “Financial Instruments”). The Fund may invest directly in certain Financial Instruments, exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) and other investment companies that provide exposure to commodities and fixed income securities that are described below. Each of the positions in the Financial Instruments may be positioned either long or flat (no position) based on its price relative to its average price over a recent period, with the ability to change positions as frequently as daily if the Index is so adjusted.


The Fund will invest in the Subsidiary. When viewed on a consolidated basis, the Subsidiary is subject to the same investment restrictions and limitations, and follows the same compliance policies and procedures, as the Fund. The Fund’s investment in the Subsidiary may not exceed 25% of the value of its total assets, as measured at the end of each quarter of its taxable year. This limitation is imposed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The Subsidiary, which is organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands, is wholly owned and controlled by the Fund. The Fund invests in the Subsidiary in order to gain exposure to the investment returns of the commodities markets within the limitations of the federal tax law requirements applicable to regulated investment companies. The Subsidiary invests principally in commodity and financial futures, options and swap contracts and commodity-linked structured notes, as well as certain fixed-income investments intended to serve as margin or collateral for the Subsidiary’s derivatives positions. Unlike the Fund, the Subsidiary may invest without limitation in commodity-linked derivatives, though the Subsidiary will comply with the same Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, asset coverage requirements with respect to its investments in commodity-linked derivatives that apply to the Fund’s transactions in these instruments. To the extent applicable, the Subsidiary otherwise is subject to the same fundamental and non-fundamental investment restrictions as the Fund and, in particular, to the same requirements relating to portfolio leverage, liquidity, and the timing and method of valuation of portfolio investments and Fund shares described elsewhere in this Prospectus and in the SAI. The Fund is the sole shareholder of the Subsidiary and does not expect shares of the Subsidiary to be offered or sold to other investors.


The Fund may also invest in fixed income securities that include U.S. government securities, investment grade short-term fixed-income securities, money market instruments, overnight and fixed-term repurchase agreements, cash, and other cash equivalents that have terms-to-maturity of less than 397 days. The Fund uses the fixed-income securities as investments and to collateralize its commodity-linked derivative exposure on a day-to-day basis. As a whole, the Fund’s investments are meant to track the investment returns of the Index within the limitations of the federal tax requirements applicable to regulated investment companies.


The Fund’s use of Financial Instruments will have the economic effect of financial leverage. Financial leverage magnifies the exposure to the swings in prices of an asset class underlying a Financial Instrument and results in increased volatility, which means that the Fund will have the potential for greater gains, as well as the potential for greater losses, than if the Fund does not use the Financial Instruments that have a leveraging effect. Leveraging tends to magnify, sometimes significantly, the effect of any increase or decrease in the Fund’s exposure to an asset class and may cause the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) to be volatile.


The Index may rebalance monthly based on the historical volatility of each Index component. In addition, the Index and the Fund may change the position in a component from a long position to being flat, or vice versa, as frequently as daily based on the prevailing trends of the component’s price. For example, the Index may change the position in a component from a long position to being flat if there is a reversal in that component’s price trend. The Fund generally repositions its portfolio holdings following each month-end in accordance with the rebalancing of the Index, but also may change the position in a component from a long position to being flat, or vice versa, in any given commodity on a daily basis if the Index is so adjusted.


The Fund is “non-diversified,” meaning that a relatively high percentage of its assets may be invested in a limited number of issuers of securities. References below to the Fund include the Subsidiary.


Underlying Index


The Auspice Broad Commodity Index aims to capture trends in the commodity markets. The Index uses a quantitative methodology to track prices of a diversified portfolio of traditional commodity futures contracts, or “components.” As a result of the Index’s methodology, the Index may at times have leveraged exposure to one or more sectors. The Index rebalances the position size of each component monthly. The position size that the Index takes in any component is dependent on the historical volatility of that component and the total Index value, and is independent of the volatility and   position of other components in the Index.  Each of the 12 components of the Index is positioned either long or flat (no position) by the Index, depending upon the direction of the price trend for that individual component.  The Index will modify its position in a component from long to flat, or vice versa, as frequently as daily based on the prevailing trends of the price of the component.  The 12 components are grouped into 3 sectors with the following percentage allocations as of December 31, 2014: (1) Agriculture: 21%; (2) Energy: 0%; and (3) Metals: 0%.  The remaining 79% of the allocation represents the components that the Index has positioned as flat or no position.  This amount is invested in fixed income securities.  The Index on a rolling basis will replace expiring futures contracts based on an optimization process that selects a contract from the universe of all exchange-traded futures contracts within the next 13 month period. The Index was created to yield a benchmark value of 1000 on January 1, 2000.


The Auspice Broad Commodity Index is the exclusive property of Auspice Capital Advisors Ltd. (“Auspice”). Auspice and the Auspice index name are service mark(s) of Auspice or its affiliates and have been licensed for use for certain purposes by Direxion Indexed Commodity Strategy Fund. The financial securities referred to herein are not sponsored, endorsed, or promoted by Auspice, and Auspice bears no liability with respect to any such financial securities. No purchaser, seller or holder of this product, or any other person or entity, should use or refer to any Auspice trade name, trademark or service mark to sponsor, endorse, market or promote this product without first contacting Auspice to determine whether Auspice’s permission is required. Under no circumstances may any person or entity claim any affiliation with Auspice without the prior written permission of Auspice.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund entails risk. The Fund could lose money or its performance could trail that of other investment alternatives. Rafferty cannot guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment objective. In addition, the Fund presents some risks not traditionally associated with most mutual funds. It is important that investors closely review and understand these risks before making an investment in the Fund. Turbulence in financial markets and reduced liquidity in equity, credit and fixed income markets could negatively affect many issuers worldwide, including the Fund. There is the risk that you could lose all or a portion of your money on your investment in the Fund.


 

Active and Frequent Trading Risk

 


The Fund engages in active and frequent trading, leading to increased portfolio turnover, higher transaction costs, and the possibility of increased net realized capital gains, including net short-term capital gain that will be taxable to shareholders as ordinary income when distributed to them.


 

Adverse Market Conditions Risk

 


The performance of the Fund is designed to correlate to the performance of an underlying index. As a consequence, the Fund’s performance will suffer during conditions that are adverse to its investment objective.


 

Aggressive Investment Techniques Risk

 


The Fund uses investment techniques that may be considered aggressive and may entail significantly higher than normal risk. Risks associated with the use of futures contracts and swap agreements include potentially dramatic price changes (losses) in the value of the instruments and imperfect correlations between the price of the contract and the underlying security or index. These instruments may increase the volatility of the Fund and may involve a small investment of cash relative to the magnitude of the risk assumed.


 

Agriculture Investment Risk

 


The performance of the Fund in part is linked to the daily performance of the spot price of certain agricultural commodities. Investments in the agriculture sector may be highly volatile and can change quickly and unpredictably due to a number of factors, including the supply of and demand of each commodity, legislative or regulatory developments relating to food safety, political, legal, financial, accounting and tax matters and other events that the Fund cannot control. In addition, increased competition caused by economic recession, labor difficulties and changing consumer tastes and spending can affect the demand for agricultural products, and consequently the value of investments in that sector. As a result, the price of an agricultural commodity could decline, which would adversely affect an investment in the Fund if it held that commodity.


 

Commodity-Linked Derivatives Risk

 


The value of a commodity-linked derivative investment typically is based upon the price movements of a physical commodity and may be affected by changes in overall market movements, volatility of the underlying index, changes in interest rates, or factors affecting a particular industry or commodity, such as drought, floods, weather, embargoes, tariffs and international economic, political and regulatory developments. Investments in commodity-linked derivatives may be subject to greater volatility than non-derivative based investments. Commodity-linked derivatives also may be subject to credit and interest rate risks that in general affect the values of debt securities.


 

Counterparty Risk

 


The Fund may invest in Financial Instruments involving counterparties for the purpose of attempting to gain exposure to particular securities, asset classes, or an index without actually purchasing those securities or investments. These Financial Instruments may include, but are not limited to, futures contracts and swap agreements. The use of swap agreements and other counterparty instruments involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions.  For example, the Fund bears the risk of loss of the amount expected to be received under a swap agreement in the event of the default or bankruptcy of a swap agreement counterparty. Swap agreements and other counterparty instruments also may be considered to be illiquid.  In addition, the Fund may enter into swap agreements with a limited number of counterparties, which may increase the Fund’s exposure to counterparty credit risk. The Fund does not specifically limit its counterparty risk with respect to any single counterparty.  Further, there is a risk that no suitable counterparties will be willing to enter into, or continue to enter into, transactions with the Fund and, as a result, the Fund may not be able to achieve its investment objective.


 

Credit Risk

 


The Fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a debt security goes bankrupt or is unable or unwilling to make interest payments and/or repay principal.  Changes in an issuer’s financial strength or in an issuer’s or debt security’s credit rating also may affect a security’s value and thus have an impact on Fund performance.


 

Debt Instrument Risk

 


The Fund may invest in, or seek exposure to, debt instruments. Debt instruments may have varying levels of sensitivity to changes in interest rates, credit risk and other factors. Many types of debt instruments are subject to prepayment risk, which is the risk that the issuer of the security will repay principal prior to the maturity date. In addition, changes in the credit quality of the issuer of a debt instrument can also affect the price of a debt instrument, as can an issuer’s default on its payment obligations. Such factors may cause the value of an investment in the Fund to decrease.


 

Derivatives Risk

 


The Fund uses investment techniques, including investments in swaps and futures contracts, which may be considered   aggressive.  The use of derivatives may result in larger losses or smaller gains than investing in the underlying securities directly.  Investments in these derivatives may generally be subject to market risks that cause their prices to fluctuate more than an investment directly in a security and may increase the volatility of the Fund.  The use of derivatives may expose the Fund to additional risks such as counterparty risk and liquidity risk.  When the Fund uses derivatives, there may be imperfect correlation between the value of the underlying reference assets and the derivative, which may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.  The Fund may use swaps on the Index to track the performance of the Index.  The performance of the swap on the Index may not track the performance of the Index due to fees and other costs associated with a swap agreement.  Thus, if the Fund utilizes a swap on the Index, the Fund may be subject to greater correlation risk and may not achieve as high a degree of correlation with the Index as it would if the Fund used other derivatives such as futures contracts to track the Index.  Any financing, borrowing or other costs associated with using derivatives may also have the effect of lowering the Fund’s return.  In addition, the Fund’s investments in derivatives, as of the date of this Prospectus, are subject to the following risks:


Futures Contracts. There may be an imperfect correlation between the changes in market value of the securities held by the Fund and the prices of futures contracts. There may not be a liquid secondary market for the futures contracts.


Swap Agreements. Swap agreements are entered into primarily with major global financial institutions for a specified period which may range from one day to more than one year. In a standard swap transaction, two parties agree to exchange the return (or differentials in rates of return) earned or realized on particular predetermined reference or underlying securities or instruments.  The gross return to be exchanged or swapped between the parties is calculated based on a notional amount or the return on or change in value of a particular dollar amount invested in a basket of securities representing a particular index.  Total return swaps are subject to counterparty risk, which relates to credit risk of the counterparty and liquidity risk of the swaps themselves.


 

Energy Investment Risk

 


The performance of the Fund in part is linked to the daily performance of the spot price of certain energy commodities. Investments in the energy sector may be highly volatile and can change quickly and unpredictably due to a number of factors, including legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions, increased competition affecting the energy sector, financial, accounting and tax matters and other events that the Fund cannot control. In addition, the value of energy commodities may fluctuate widely due to the supply and demand. As a result, the price of an energy commodity could decline, which would adversely affect an investment in the Fund if it held that commodity.


 

Futures Strategy Risk

 


The successful use of futures contracts draws upon the Adviser’s skill and experience with respect to such instruments and is subject to special risk considerations. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are (a) the imperfect correlation between the change in market value of the instruments held by the Fund and the price of the futures contract; (b) possible lack of a liquid secondary market for a futures contract and the resulting inability to close a futures contract when desired; (c) losses caused by unanticipated market movements, which are potentially unlimited; (d) the Adviser’s inability to predict correctly the direction of securities prices, interest rates, currency exchange rates and other economic factors; (e) the possibility that the counterparty will default in the performance of its obligations; and (f) if the Fund has insufficient cash, it may have to sell securities from its portfolio to meet daily variation margin requirements, and the Fund may have to sell securities at a time when it may be disadvantageous to do so.


 

Index Correlation/Tracking Risk

 


There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation to the Index and therefore achieve its investment objective. To achieve a high degree of correlation with the Index, the Fund seeks to rebalance its portfolio to remain consistent with its investment objective. The Fund may have difficulty achieving its investment objective due to fees, expenses, transactions costs, financing costs related to the use of derivatives, income items, valuation methodology, accounting standards and disruptions or illiquidity in the markets for the securities or derivatives held by the Fund. Market disruptions, regulatory restrictions or extreme volatility will also adversely affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective. The Fund may not have investment exposure to all securities in its underlying Index, or its weighting of investment exposure to such stocks or industries may be different from that of the Index. In addition, the Fund may invest in securities or financial instruments not included in the underlying Index. Activities surrounding index reconstitutions and other index rebalancing or reconstitution events may hinder the Fund’s ability to meet its investment objective.


 

Interest Rate Risk

 


Debt securities have varying levels of sensitivity to changes in interest rates. In general, the price of a debt security may fall when interest rates rise and may rise when interest rates fall.  The longer the maturity of a security, the greater the impact a change in interest rates could have on the security’s price. The U.S. is currently in a period of historically-low interest rates and it is unclear how much longer interest rates will remain at their current levels. The effect of increased interest rates is more pronounced for any intermediate-term or longer-term fixed income obligations owned by the Fund. Recent events in the fixed-income market may expose the Fund to heightened interest rate risk and volatility.


 

Leverage Risk

 


To achieve its investment objective, the Fund obtains investment exposure in excess of its assets by utilizing leverage and may lose more money in market conditions that are adverse to its investment objective than a similar fund that does not utilize leverage. The use of leverage may magnify the effects of changes in the value of the Fund and make them more volatile. The leveraged investment techniques that the Fund may employ could cause investors in the Fund to lose more money in adverse market environments.


 

Market Risk

 


The Fund is subject to market risks that can affect the value of its shares. These risks include political, regulatory, market and economic developments, including developments that impact specific economic sectors, industries or segments of the market.


 

Metals Investment Risk

 


The performance of the Fund in part is linked to the daily performance of the spot price of gold, silver and copper. Investments in metals may be highly volatile and can change quickly and unpredictably due to a number of factors, including the supply and demand of each metal, environmental or labor costs, political, legal, financial, accounting and tax matters and other events that the Fund cannot control. In addition, changes in international monetary policies or economic and political conditions can affect the supply of metals, and consequently the value of metal investments. The United States or foreign governments may pass laws or regulations limiting metal investments for strategic or other policy reasons. Further, the principal supplies of metal industries may be concentrated in a small number of countries and regions. Consequently, the price of a metal held by the Fund could decline, which would adversely affect the Fund’s performance.


 

Money Market Instrument Risk

 


The Fund may use a variety of money market instruments for cash management purposes, including money market funds, depositary accounts and repurchase agreements. Money market funds may be subject to credit risk with respect to the short-term debt instruments in which they invest.  Depository accounts may be subject to credit risk with respect to the financial institution in which the depository account is held.  Repurchase agreements are contracts in which a seller of securities agrees to buy the securities back at a specified time and price.  Repurchase agreements may be subject to market and credit risk related to the collateral securing the repurchase agreement.  There is no guarantee that money market instruments will maintain a stable value, and they may lose money.


 

Non-Diversification Risk

 


The Fund is non-diversified, which means it invests a high percentage of its assets in a limited number of securities. A non-diversified fund’s NAV and total return may fluctuate more or fall greater in times of weaker markets than a conventional diversified fund.


 

Other Investment Companies (including ETFs) Risk

 


Investments in the securities of other investment companies (including ETFs) may involve duplication of advisory fees and certain other expenses. By investing in another investment company or ETF, the Fund becomes a shareholder thereof. As a result, Fund shareholders indirectly bear the Fund’s proportionate share of the fees and expenses indirectly paid by shareholders of the other investment company or ETF, in addition to the fees and expenses Fund shareholders indirectly bear in connection with the Fund’s own operations. The Fund’s performance may be magnified positively or negatively by virtue of its investment in other investment companies. If the other investment company or ETF fails to achieve its investment objective, the value of the Fund’s investment will decline, adversely affecting the Fund’s performance. In addition, closed end investment company and ETF shares potentially may trade at a discount or a premium and are subject to brokerage and other trading costs, which could result in greater expenses to the Fund. Finally, because the value of other investment company or ETF shares depends on the demand in the market, the Adviser may not be able to liquidate the Fund’s holdings in those shares at the most optimal time, adversely affecting the Fund’s performance.


 

Regulatory Risk

 


The Fund is subject to the risk that a change in U.S. law and related regulations will impact the way the Fund operates, increase the particular costs of the Fund’s operations and/or change the competitive landscape.


 

Subsidiary Investment Risk

 


By investing in the Subsidiary, the Fund is indirectly exposed to the risks associated with the Subsidiary’s commodity-linked derivatives investments. Since the Subsidiary is organized under the law of the Cayman Islands and is not registered with the SEC under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Fund, as the sole investor in the Subsidiary, will not have the same protections offered to shareholders of other registered investment companies.


 

Tax Risk

 


The Fund intends to treat any income it may derive from commodity-linked derivatives (other than derivatives described in Revenue Rulings 2006-1 and 2006-31) and the Subsidiary as “qualifying income” under the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to “regulated investment companies” (“RICs”) based on the analysis in numerous private letter rulings (“PLRs”) provided to third parties not associated with the Fund or Rafferty (which only those parties may cite as precedent). Shareholders and potential investors should be aware, however, that, in July 2011, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) suspended the issuance of such PLRs pending its re-examination of the policies underlying them, which was still ongoing at the date of this Prospectus. If, at the end of that re-examination, the IRS changes its position with respect to the conclusions reached in those PLRs, then the Fund may be required to restructure its investments to satisfy the qualifying income requirement or might cease to qualify as a RIC.


 

Volatility Risk

 


The performance of the Fund is designed to correlate to the performances of the Index. Significant short-term price movements in the components and market sectors that make up the Index, could adversely impact the performance of both the Index and the Fund. In addition, the NAV of the Fund over short-term periods may be more volatile than other investment options because of the Fund’s significant use of Financial Instruments that have a leveraging effect.

Fund Performance

The following performance information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by demonstrating how its returns have varied from calendar year to calendar year. The bar chart shows changes in the Fund’s performance from calendar year to calendar year for the Fund’s Class A shares and do not reflect a sales charge.  If the same charge was reflected the returns would be lower. The table shows how the Fund’s average annual returns, including a sales charge for the one-year, five-years and since inception periods compare with those of a broad-based market index for the same periods. The Fund’s past performance, before and after taxes, is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. The returns for the Fund’s other share classes would be different than the figures shown because each class of shares has different expenses. Updated performance is available on the Fund’s website at www.direxioninvestments.com/mutual-funds?producttab=performance or by calling the Fund toll-free at (800) 851-0511.


Until February 1, 2012, the Fund sought investment results, before fees and expenses, that tracked the performance of the Alpha Financial Technologies Commodity Trends Indicator. As of February 1, 2012, the Fund began to seek investment results, before fees and expenses, that track the performance of the Auspice Broad Commodity Index.

Direxion Indexed Commodity Strategy Fund – Class A Shares Calendar Year Total Returns as of December 31*
Bar Chart

*   The Fund’s year-to-date return as of December 31, 2014 was -10.21%.

During the period of time shown in the bar chart, the Fund’s highest calendar quarter return was 17.59% for the quarter ended December 31, 2010 and its lowest calendar quarter return was -16.56% for the quarter ended September 30, 2011.

Average Annual Total Returns (For the periods ended December 31, 2014)
Average Annual Returns Direxion Indexed Commodity Strategy Fund
Average Annual Returns, 1 Year
Average Annual Returns, 5 Years
Average Annual Returns, Since Inception
Average Annual Returns, Inception Date
Class A
(15.14%) (9.44%) (7.75%) Jun. 10, 2008
After Taxes on Distributions Class A
(15.14%) (9.44%) (7.90%)  
After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares Class A
(8.57%) (6.83%) (5.57%)  
Auspice Broad Commodity Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
(8.97%) 1.91% 1.57% Jun. 10, 2008

After-tax returns are calculated using the historically highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”). Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares may be higher than other returns for the same period due to a tax benefit of realizing a capital loss upon the sale of Fund shares.